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7See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 

the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 

(February 14, 2012). 

8See Order, 84 FR at 18775–76. 

9See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 

10See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 11See Order, 84 FR at 18768. 

total entered value of those sales. Where 

an importer-specific assessment rate is 

zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP 

to liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties.7

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by Evraz for 

which it did not know its merchandise 

was destined for the United States, we 

intend to instruct CBP to liquidate such 

entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 12.32 

percent) 8 if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction.9

For the companies which were not 

selected for individual examination, we 

will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

duties at a rate equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin determined for 

the non-examined companies in the 

final results of review.10

For the companies with no shipments, 

i.e., Forterra, Hyprescon, and Canam, 

any suspended entries made under that 

exporter’s case number (i.e., at that 

exporter’s rate) will be liquidated at the 

all-others rate if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective for all 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of the final results of 

this administrative review as provided 

by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 

cash deposit rate for the companies 

listed above will be equal to the 

weighted-average dumping margin 

established in the final results of the 

review; (2) for subject merchandise 

exported by a company not covered in 

this review but covered in a prior 

completed segment of the proceeding, 

the cash deposit rate will continue to be 

the company-specific rate published in 

the completed segment for the most 

recent period; (3) if the exporter is not 

a firm covered in this review or the lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but 

the producer is, then the cash deposit 

rate will be the rate established in the 

completed segment for the most recent 

period for the producer of the subject 

merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate 

for all other producers or exporters will 

continue to be 12.32 percent ad 

valorem, the all-others rate established 

in the LTFV investigation.11 These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to importers of their responsibility 

under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a 

certificate regarding the reimbursement 

of antidumping duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this POR. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping occurred 

and the subsequent assessment of 

double antidumping duties. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 

continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or destruction 

of APO materials, or conversion to 

judicial protective order, is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with the 

regulations and terms of an APO is a 

violation subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results of administrative review in 

accordance with sections 751(a) and 

777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: December 1, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Adjustments to Evraz’s 

General and Administrative (G&A) 

Expense Calculation 

Comment 2: Treatment of Materials as CoProducts in Evraz’s Scrap Adjustment 

Comment 3: Correction of Clerical Errors 

Generated from Missing Values 

VI. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to 

Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Examination 

1. Acier Profile SBB Inc. 

2. Aciers Lague Steels Inc. 

3. Amdor Inc. 

4. BPC Services Group 

5. Bri-Steel Manufacturing 

6. Canada Culvert. 

7. Cappco Tubular Products Canada Inc. 

8. CFI Metal Inc. 

9. Dominion Pipe & Piling 

10. Enduro Canada Pipeline Services 

11. Fi Oilfield Services Canada 

12. Gchem Ltd. 

13. Graham Construction 

14. Groupe Fordia Inc. 

15. Grupo Fordia Inc. 

16. Hodgson Custom Rolling 

17. Interpipe Inc. 

18. K K Recycling Services 

19. Kobelt Manufacturing Co. 

20. Labrie Environment 

21. Les Aciers Sofatec 

22. Lorenz Conveying P 

23. Lorenz Conveying Products 

24. Matrix Manufacturing 

25. MBI Produits De Forge 

26. Nor Arc 

27. Peak Drilling Ltd. 

28. Pipe & Piling Sply Ltd. 

29. Pipe & Piling Supplies 

30. Prudental 

31. Prudential 

32. Shaw Pipe Protecction 

33. Shaw Pipe Protection 

34. Tenaris Algoma Tubes Facility 

35. Tenaris Prudential 

36. Welded Tube of Can Ltd. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–888] 

Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-toLength Plate From the Republic of 

Korea: Final Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2021 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies were provided 

to POSCO, a producer and exporter of 

certain carbon and alloy steel cut-tolength plate (CTL plate) from the 

Republic of Korea (Korea), during the 

period of review (POR) from January 1, 

2021, through December 31, 2021. 

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Faris Montgomery, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VIII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 


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1See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-toLength Plate from the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2021, 

88 FR 37019 (June 6, 2023) (Preliminary Results), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Post-Preliminary Analysis,’’ 

dated August 9, 2023. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the 

Questionnaire Responses of the Government of 

Korea for the Provision of Electricity for Less than 

Adequate Remuneration Program,’’ dated 

September 28, 2023. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated September 6, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: 

Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate 

from the Republic of Korea; 2021,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

6See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-toLength Plate from the Republic of Korea: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 24103 (May 25, 

2017) (Order). 

7See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

8As discussed in the Preliminary Results, 

Commerce found the following companies to be 

cross-owned with POSCO: Pohang Scrap Recycling 

Distribution Center Co. Ltd.; POSCO Chemical Co., 

Ltd.; POSCO M-Tech Co., Ltd.; POSCO Nippon 

Steel RHF Joint Venture Co., Ltd.; POSCO SPS Co., 

Ltd.; and POSCO Terminal Co., Ltd. The subsidy 

rate applies to all cross-owned companies. We note 

that POSCO has an affiliated trading company 

through which it exported certain subject 

merchandise during the POR, POSO International 

(aka POSCO International Corporation). POSCO 

International was not selected as a mandatory 

respondent but was examined in the context of 

POSCO. Therefore, there is not an established 

countervailing duty rate for POSCO International; 

POSCO International’s subsidies are accounted for 

in POSCO’s total subsidy rate. Instead, entries of 

subject merchandise exported by POSCO 

International will receive the rate of the producer 

listed on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) entry form. Thus, the subsidy rate applied to 

POSCO and POSCO’s cross-owned companies is 

also applied to POSCO International for entries of 

subject merchandise produced by POSCO. 

9See, e.g., Honey from Argentina: Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 

29518 (May 24, 2004), and accompanying Issues 

and Decision Memorandum at Issue 4. 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1537. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 6, 2023, Commerce published 

the Preliminary Results of this 

administrative review in the Federal 

Register.1 On August 9, 2023, 

Commerce released a post-preliminary 

analysis memorandum regarding the 

provision of electricity for less than 

adequate remuneration and electricity 

for more than adequate remuneration 

programs.2 Between August 29 and 

September 1, 2023, Commerce 

conducted on-site verification of the 

questionnaire responses submitted by 

the Government of Korea.3

On September 6, 2023, Commerce 

extended the deadline for the final 

results of this review to no later than 

December 1, 2023.4 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the Preliminary Results, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum.5

We conducted this review in 

accordance with section 751 of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 6

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is CTL plate. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in interested parties’ 

briefs are addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. A list of the 

issues addressed is attached to this 

notice at the appendix to this notice. 

The Issues and Decision Memorandum 

is a public document and is on file 

electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our analysis of the case and 

rebuttal briefs and the evidence on the 

record, we made certain changes to 

POSCO’s countervailable subsidy 

calculations from the Preliminary 

Results. These changes are explained in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this review in 

accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of 

the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, we 

find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a 

government-provided financial 

contribution that gives rise to a benefit 

to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 

specific.7 The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum contains a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s conclusions. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.307(b)(iv), in 

August 2023, Commerce conducted an 

on-site verification of the subsidy 

information reported by the Government 

of Korea. We used standard on-site 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant accounting 

records and original source documents 

provided by the respondent. 

Final Results of Review 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5), we calculated an 

individual net countervailable subsidy 

rate for POSCO. Commerce determines 

that, during the POR, the net 

countervailable subsidy rate for the 

producers/exporter under review is as 

follows: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

POSCO 8 ............................... 0.87 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in connection with the final 

results of review to parties in this 

proceeding within five days of the date 

of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 

Commerce will determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise in accordance with the 

final results of this review, for the 

above-listed company at the applicable 

ad valorem assessment rate. We intend 

to issue assessment instructions to CBP 

no earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. If a 

timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct 

CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amount shown for the company listed 

above based on shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this administrative review.9

For all non-reviewed firms subject to the 

Order, we will instruct CBP to continue 

to collect cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties at the most recent 


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10See Order, 82 FR at 24103. 

1See 19 CFR 351.225(o). 

2See Notice of Scope Rulings, 88 FR 60434 

(September 1, 2023). 

company-specific rate or the all-others 

rate (3.72 percent), as appropriate.10

These cash deposit requirements, 

effective upon publication of these final 

results, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results of administrative review 

and notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: December 1, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Subsidies Valuation Information 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Discussion of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether Electricity is 

Subsidized by the Government of Korea 

(GOK) 

Comment 2: Whether the Provision of 

Korea Emissions Trading System (K– 

ETS) Permits is Countervailable 

Comment 3: Whether the Benchmark 

Calculations for Electricity for More than 

Adequate Remuneration (MTAR) Should 

Differentiate for Time-of-Use 

Comment 4: Whether Certain of POSCO 

SPS Co. Ltd.’s (POSCO SPS) Industrial 

Technology Innovation Promotion Act 

(ITIPA) Grants are Tied to Non-Subject 

Merchandise 

Comment 5: Whether Certain of POSCO 

Chemical Co., Ltd.’s (POSCO Chemical) 

Local Tax Exemptions under the 

Restriction of Special Local Taxation Act 

(RSLTA) Article 78 are Tied to NonSubject Merchandise 

Comment 6: Whether Certain Quota Tariff 

Import Duty Exemptions under Article 

71 of the Customs Act are Tied to NonSubject Merchandise 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Notice of Scope Rulings 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2023. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) hereby 

publishes a list of scope rulings and 

circumvention determinations made 

during the period July 1, 2023, through 

September 30, 2023. We intend to 

publish future lists after the close of the 

next calendar quarter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marcia E. Short, AD/CVD Operations, 

Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1560. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce regulations provide that it 

will publish in the Federal Register a 

list of scope rulings on a quarterly 

basis.1 Our most recent notification of 

scope rulings was published on 

September 1, 2023.2 This current notice 

covers all scope rulings made by 

Enforcement and Compliance between 

July 1, 2023, and September 30, 2023. 

Scope Rulings Made July 1, 2023, 

Through September 30, 2023 

People’s Republic of China (China) 

A–570–979 and C–570–980: Crystalline 

Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 

Not Assembled Into Modules, From 

China 

Requestor: Anker Innovations 

Limited. The T8700 eufyCam security 

solar panel is not covered by the scope 

of the antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

whether or not assembled into modules, 

from China because it meets an express 

exclusion in the scope of the orders for 

off-grid solar panels; July 17, 2023. 

A–570–117 and C–570–118: Wood 

Mouldings and Millwork Products From 

China 

Requestor: Hardware Resources, Inc. 

Edge-glued boards are covered by the 

scope of the AD order on wood 

mouldings and millwork products from 

China because they are made of wood, 

continuously shaped wood, fingerjointed, and edge-glued mouldings or 

millwork blanks (whether or not 

resawn); August 2, 2023. 

A–570–899: Certain Artist Canvas From 

China 

Requestor: Printing Textiles, LLC dba 

Berger Textiles (Berger Textiles). Canvas 

banner matisse (CBM) imported by 

Berger Textiles is covered by the scope 

of the AD order on certain artist canvas 

from China because CBM is a polyester 

fabric that is primed/coated to convert 

the fabric into a canvas and enters the 

United States as rolls for art 

reproduction, wall covering, and de ́cor 

applications; August 15, 2023. 

A–570–979 and C–570–980: Crystalline 

Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 

Not Assembled Into Modules, From 

China 

Requestor: Sonali Energees USA LLC 

(Sonali). The solar cells assembled into 

solar modules in Cambodia from 

Chinese-origin silicon wafers, do not fall 

within the scope of the AD/CVD orders 

on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

whether or not assembled into modules, 

from China because the formation of the 

p/n junction occurred in Cambodia. As 

the Chinese-origin silicon wafers did 

not undergo the activation of the p/n 

junction until reaching Cambodia, the 

raw material is not a solar cell from 

China within the meaning of the scope 

of the Orders; August 23, 2023. Note 

that Sonali’s merchandise may be 

subject to the U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s final circumvention 

determination dated August 23, 2023, as 

imports of solar cells and modules that 

have been completed in Cambodia, 

using parts and components produced 

in China, that are then subsequently 

exported from Cambodia to the United 

States were found to be circumventing 

the antidumping duty and 

countervailing duty orders on solar cells 

and modules from China. 

A–570–601: Tapered Roller Bearings 

and Parts Thereof, Finished and 

Unfinished, From China 

Requestor: Precision Components Inc. 

Low-carbon steel blanks are covered by 

the scope of the AD order on tapered 

roller bearings and parts thereof, 

finished, and unfinished, from China, 

because the scope explicitly covers 

unfinished tapered roller bearing parts; 

September 19, 2023. 

A–570–865: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon 

Steel Flat Products From China 

Requestor: Concept2, Inc. The front 

foot and front foot caster assembly for 


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